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TIL a man was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison even though two lawyers received a confession from their client but couldn’t say anything because of attorney-client privilege prevented them from implicating their client.

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xDYg TIL that in some countries, there are “baby hatches” where mothers can abandon an infant anonymously. They are usually heated (or at least insulated), and after a short delay, a nurse is summoned to care for the child.
b6kN9 TIL in 2007, Steve Way weighed over 100kg, smoked 20 cigarettes a day, and ate junk food regularly. To overcome his lifestyle-related health issues, he began taking running seriously. In 2008, he completed the London Marathon in under 3 hours, and in 2014, he set the British 100 km record.
neOP9 TIL that, in 2014, scientists found a giant 30,000 year old virus in Siberian permafrost. The virus, Pithovirus sibericum, was still infectious and began killing amoebas. This raised concerns that melting or drilling arctic ice could unearth previously undiscovered pathogenic viruses.
76Yp TIL A cat, named Pwditat, approached the family dog Terfel and seemed to sense that he couldn’t see. Using her paws, she coaxed him out of his basket that he had been afraid to leave and led him out into the garden. Today, the unlikely pair is inseparable as she serves as Terfel’s seeing-eye cat.
wDr7 TIL that Jesus could not have actually been named Jesus because the letter J did not exist until later in history. Earlier versions of the bible referred to Jesus as “lesus.”